Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-06
M EDICAL INH A L. A Il 10 N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

nUR TREATMENT Or 1HE DloEhSEo o
u of the respiratory passages consists in
he employment of Medical Inhalation for
its ect effects ON the diseased organs;
and, at the same time, adopilng suen ny
piepic measures and administering sucn
medicines by the as sre T fone To-
the nervous system, and build up ana
strengthen the general constitution. In
other words, we employ combined local
and general treatment
stating briefly what Medical inhaiatl0n
is. we propose, in as few words as possible,
to state clearly what 1t is not.
Medical Inhalation is not cure-all.
nostrum, or panacea. 1t is not specinc
rem edy for any disease. 1t is not quacK
medicine, or advertised to cure any or all
the ills that flesh is heir to, an 1nten9eu 70
fill the pockets of its proprietors II Is nos
talisman, whose possession lnsures heaitH VI
sense or judgment. Medical lnhaiatlon Is
none of these things.
Medical Iuhalatlon is simply and solely
method of taking medicines by lnhaing OF
breathing them into the lungs insteao OF
swallowing them into the stomach. BY In,
h hslation, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat of the disease, IN the
nose, throat or lungs; and 1t Is clear 10
every reasoning person how peGulisaliy pa aPii
The organs named. If you have scalded OF
burned the surfsce of the body, or wounded
any limb or member, you DO not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the dlsor-
ganized tissue on the contrary, you apply
It directly to the seat of the wound or In
Jury Why, then. when suffering from ca
tari h of the nasal pss ssages or throat, or al.
flicted wi II ulceratiot OF the lungs, should
you rely on medicines taken into the
stomach?
Medical Inhslation not only applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat OF the
disease, but 1t applies the remedy In the
gaseous or vaporous fern, IN wncn FORM,
as is we'll known, medicines act most power.
fully. How much greater. for example, is
the effect of a drachm of chloroform, when
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
qua tity when swallowed into the stomach:
The same is true of chlorine, OF iodine. and
of many other substances. By inhalation
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through the
system in search of q m6lady which may be
mainly or entirely a local one; but by this
rectly to the diseased organ. VINO, alter
| studying the anotomy of the lungs. can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation OF
| the air-tubes and aircells. the direct appli-
cation of the healing medicine by fDhala.
| ton to the diseased parts, is the correct and
rational method of treatment Who, on
the other hand, can be so irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
reach the diseased surfaces of the air
passages in this case, is by the way OF the
stomach? Physiology teaches us that the
membrane, or skin, lining the air passages
of the nose throat and lungs, is only a
slightly modified form of the same structure
as that which covers the external surface
of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment be proper and necessary for fnfiam-
nations, congestions and ulceratfons OF the
one and not be equally so in the case of the
other?
Our experience and success in treating
diseases of the nose. throat and lungs. de-
monstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment OF these diseases is
that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the con-
stitutional effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way by the stomach.
One or both methods must be adopted as
the circumstances demand, and such rene
and judgment of the physician have proved
to be proper in each particular case.
Medical Advocates of Inhalation.
Physicians who were educated twenty
years ago or more, and who have not kept
up with the times in the advance in medi-
cal science, have very little idea of the great
importance all leading writer's now give to
Medical Inhalation in the treatment of pull
monary diseases. To such an extent is this
true that no patient should intrust his case
to auy physician who is not well prepared
and thoroughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administering Of the
proper remedies by the method of inhala-
tion.
The numerous cures effected by inhala-
lation in cases seemingly past all help, and
the uniform success attending its use in
diseases of the respiratory organs, render
1t obligatory on every honest physician to
at once apply himself to gain practical
knowledge of the Inhalation. or, If that is
not possible, he is at least bound to decline
to treat such cases.
Among the most eminent physicians of
the age who are fully awakened to the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
The celebrated DR.. Burdon saunierson;
DR.. La Roche, OF the Paris Academy of
Medicine DR.. Frederick Langhsus, of Ber-
lin; Drs. Klebs and Tommasi-Crudeli; Sir |
Archibald Dickson, of Edinburgh, Scotland
Dr.. Eichler, DR.. Cameron. DR.. Gurdon Buck, |
Prot: Albert &hert, the celebrated Dr. |
Hughlings Jackson. the venerable DR.. Rob- |
ert Dickinson. Prof. Thierfelder. Spencer |
T,s Mss Ds .sOH ans Esgge Dr. G. p w01d
Richard Thompson, DR.. r. $ Carpenter,
Drs. Anstie, Ball, Fuller, Lancereaux,
Krauss., Huguenie, Heller. Orth, Corrisan,
Fenwick, and many others.
With scarcely single exception every |
medical authority of eminence recognizes
the wonderful potency of this new method,
and the coming generation OF physicians
are certain to be thoroughly educated
therein. At present 1t is only few physi.
clans here and there who have made dis
eases of Respiration" life study th.t are
fitted in any way to employ the wonderful
resources OF Medical Inhalation in the cure |
OF these diseases.
The Durability of Consumption.
For FIVE years the celebrated DR.. / Fl
Bennett waa pathologist to the Royal In
frmary Of Edinburgh, and in his great
work on Consumption he makes the fol-
lowing statement:
"During this period l made upwards of
20Oe post t-mortem examinations of persons
dying from various diseases, and i was
constantly meeting with cases in which I |
found cavities in the lungs from consump.
tion, which had evidently healed up or
cicatrized years before the death of the
subject. Nature did not seem to have been
successful in restoring the wasted lung
substance. but the cavities were dried up,
the progress of the disease arre ested, and |
the subject lived for years, with diminished |
lung power 1t is true, but otherwise in good |